Prior to the election Stoutt had was serving as Chief Minister and leader of the UP, but due to internal divisions Stoutt left and formed his new party to contest the election against the UP and the DP, but ended up losing and being replaced by Wheatley as Chief Minister.
The election was also notable for the first female candidate in a British Virgin Islands election: Millicent Mercer contested the 5th District on behalf of the VIP, but lost to Conrad Maduro.
In the 7th District the former representative, Robinson O'Neal, had died in a car crash the prior year.
1971, british, virgin, islands, general, election, general, elections, were, held, british, virgin, islands, june, 1971, result, victory, coalition, democratic, party, together, with, independent, candidate, willard, wheatley, over, newly, formed, virgin, isla. General elections were held in the British Virgin Islands on 2 June 1971 The result was a victory for a coalition of the VI Democratic Party DP together with independent candidate Willard Wheatley over the newly formed Virgin Islands Party VIP led by former Chief Minister Lavity Stoutt and incumbent BVI United Party UP led by Conrad Maduro 1971 British Virgin Islands general election 1967 2 June 1971 1971 06 02 1975 All seats in the British Virgin Islands Legislative Council4 seats needed for a majority First party Second party Third party Leader Q W Osborne Lavity Stoutt Conrad MaduroParty VIDP VIP United PartyLeader since 1967 1971 1971Leader s seat 4th District 1st District 5th DistrictLast election 2 4Seats won 3 2 1Seat change 1 New 3Chief Minister before electionLavity StouttUnited Party Elected Chief Minister Willard WheatleyIndependentPrior to the election Stoutt had was serving as Chief Minister and leader of the UP but due to internal divisions Stoutt left and formed his new party to contest the election against the UP and the DP but ended up losing and being replaced by Wheatley as Chief Minister The election was also notable for the first female candidate in a British Virgin Islands election Millicent Mercer contested the 5th District on behalf of the VIP but lost to Conrad Maduro In the 7th District the former representative Robinson O Neal had died in a car crash the prior year Contents 1 Results 1 1 By constituency 2 Appointments 3 ReferencesResults editPartySeats VI Democratic Party3 1Virgin Islands Party2NewUnited Party1 3Independents1NewTotal70Source BVI Deputy Governor s Office 1 By constituency edit Constituency Candidates Party Winner1st District H Lavity Stoutt Virgin Islands Party H Lavity StouttWilfred Smith United Party2nd District Austin Henley VI Democratic Party Austin HenleyStanford Connor IndependentPrince Stoutt IndependentNeville Hodge Independent3rd District Oliver Cills VI Democratic Party Oliver CillsLeopold Smith Virgin Islands Party4th District Q William Osborne VI Democratic Party Q William OsborneI Glanville Fonseca POP5th District Conrad Maduro United Party Conrad MaduroHenry Hodge VI Democratic PartyMillicent Mercer Virgin Islands Party6th District Willard Wheatley Independent Willard WheatleyTerrance B Lettsome Virgin Islands Party7th District Reeial George Virgin Islands Party Reeial GeorgeRalph T O Neal VI Democratic PartySource BVI Deputy Governor s Office 1 Appointments editFollowing the election 1 Willard Wheatley was appointed Chief Minister and Minister for Education Oliver Cills was appointed Minister for Communications Works and Industry Q W Osborne was appointed Minister for Natural Resources and Public Health Lavity Stoutt became the Leader of the OppositionReferences edit a b c BVI election and information results 1950 2011 PDF BVI Deputy Governor s Office pp 75 77 Archived from the original PDF on 7 April 2014 nbsp This British Virgin Islands related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Caribbean election related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1971 British Virgin Islands general election amp oldid 1085784034, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
